Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they had less than nothing to lose she felt an ancient pugnacity stirring within her . |
| 2 | To illustrate the way many of them operated he cited the case of a widow who in 1894 borrowed £50 from a London loan bank on the security of her furniture which was valued at £250 . |
| 3 | You do them up , you do n't da you muck them out , dress them over , let them loose they have a easy time like we do . |
| 4 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you wanted me to treat you like a sister ? ’ he threw over his shoulder . |
| 6 | You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’ |
| 7 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 8 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 9 | I tried a light laugh , ’ Everyone thinks I have the phetam , just because I 'm a well-known courier . ’ |
| 10 | Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why . |
| 11 | One hundred ladies kindly volunteered and eight weeks later I asked them to complete a lengthy questionnaire . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , why do you think I asked him to attend the opening of the store ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I asked him to take a fresh look at the situation , because my gut feeling is that the decision that 's been taken is not the right one . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him to get the UFO files opened . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I asked him to hand the letter to you . |
| 16 | Well I asked him to bring the dust bins in . |
| 17 | ‘ I asked him to play the most tortured , painful lead possible — the most horrible thing he could come up with ! ’ laughs Matthew . |
| 18 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 19 | I asked her to clean the place and make our supper , ’ said Mother . |
| 20 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 21 | I asked her to take an intermediate photograph . |
| 22 | I asked her to meet the press off the back of the BAC One-Eleven as it came to a stop in front of us . |
| 23 | I ran into Trish in the Covered Market one day , and I felt so lonely I asked her to have a coffee . |
| 24 | She had asked if there were anything I wanted from England , and I asked her to bring a large , old-fashioned teddy bear for my small Greek godson , George . |
| 25 | I asked her to sign a copy of All God 's Children Need Travelling Shoes for me . |
| 26 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |
| 27 | If I asked if I asked you to compile a list of advertisers of companies and businesses who you think will advertise in a medical practice booklet you may you may list out twenty five . |
| 28 | Rachel I asked you to take the glasses through . |
| 29 | Okay having done that we discussed what the content of the course was going to be and then I asked you to make a first presentation . |
| 30 | What we did was he draws them out every morning cos I collared him stuck the towels over his shoulders and said just put us them over there . |